Rugby at its best

It was spectacular in its totality. The way the Australians systematically destroyed virtually every aspect of the English game, particularly the way they took the 'forwards' apart and towards the end of the game, pushed the English pack all over the place as if they were schoolboys was awe inspiring 

One has to temper what one says with the knowledge that all these international rugby players are physical supermen. They way they commit their bodies into tackles goes beyond what any normal person could begin to contemplate. They are made of sterner stuff and one can only commiserate with the English team, after so much training on and off the field to be trounced in such a way.
Two years ago amongst the Southern Hemisphere top table the Aussies were poor. Especially in the forwards where the platform for a winning team is built.
Michael Cheika the new Australian coach has changed all that. From a team of individual talent he has produced a collective winning machine which was no more evident in demolishing England in the one area the English thought themselves dominant, the pack and scrummaging.
It's remarkable how one man in a management role could sow the seeds of collective effort, tying together the different skills to support and make stronger the individuals contribution.
It's a methodology the All Blacks have used, year in year out and which has made them the rugby force they are. The 'team' are the power, not the individual and towards this end, each plays their part in supporting each other. The All Blacks always seemed to have numbers arriving at the point of a breakdown in play and it was this energy to forage for the ball or create turnover ball which created the pressure and made them so difficult to contain.
The match we all wait for is the new 'Wallaby and the Kiwi'.
Two distinct animals, grown in the Antipodes amongst the remnants  of an old colony. Scarcely on speaking terms at times, each proud, the one having totally absorbed their indigenous culture the other hesitant to initially acknowledge and, having made such a mess of keeping separate with sweets, have created a welfare nightmare.
On the field, the 'little-un' will want to keep the 'big-un' in its place but after what I saw against England I wouldn't be so sure !!!